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MEMORIALS  TO 
STEPHEN  DODSON  RAMSEUR 
JAMES  JOHNSTON  PETTIGREW 


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NORTH  CAROLINA 

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NEAR  WINCHESTER,  VIRGINIA 
SEPTEMBER  16-17.   1920 


North  Carolina  Division,  U.  C.  V. 
North  Carolina  Division,  U.  D.  C. 

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North  Carolina  Historical  Commission 


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FOR  THE  DEDICATION 

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AT  THE 

BELLE   GROVE   HOUSE,    MIDDLETOWN,    VIRGINIA 

SEPTEMBER  16,  1920 

4  O'CLOCK  P.  M. 


Mrs.  C.  Felix  Hakvet,  President  North  Carolina  Division',  TJ.  D.  C, 
Presiding 


1.  Address  of  Welcome 

Mr.  Philip  Williams,  of  the  Winchester  Bar. 

2.  Response  to  the  Address  of  Welcome 

Hon.  J.  Bbtan  Grimes,  Chairman  of  the  North  Carolina 
Historical  Commission. 

3.  Life  and  Character  of  General  Stephen  Dodson  Ramseur 

Hon.  Charles  M.  Stedman  (Major  of  44th  Regiment, 
N.  C.  Troops),  Representative  in  Congress  from  the 
Fifth  District  of  North  Carolina. 

4.  Personal  Recollections  of  General  Stephen  Dodson  Ramseur 

Hon.  Henry  A.  du  Pont  (Lieutenant-Colonel,  5th  Regi- 
ment of  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.),  former  United  States 
Senator  from  Delaware,  and  Mr.  James  B.  Russell 
(an  aide  on  General  Ramseur's  Staff),  of  Winches- 
ter, Va. 

5.  Death  of  General  Ramseur 

Mr.  R.  Powell  Page,  of  Boyce,  Va. 

RECEPTION 

At  8  o'clock  p.  m.,  September  16th,  at  the  residence  of  Mrs. 
Holmes  Conrad,  the  Turner  Ashby  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  Win- 
chester, will  give  a  reception  in  honor  of  the  North  Carolina 
visitors. 


program 

FOR  THE  DEDICATION 


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AT  THE 

BOYD  HOUSE,  BUNKER  HILL.  WEST  VIRGINIA 

SEPTEMBER  17,  1920 

3  =  30   O'CLOCK  P.   M. 


Gen.  James  I.  Metts,  Commander  North  Carolina  Division,  U.  C.  V., 
Presiding 


Address  of  Welcome 

Hon.  Chakles  James  Faulkner  (Aide  on  the  Staffs  of 
Gen.  J.  C.  Breckenridge  and  Gen.  Henry  A.  Wise), 
former  United  States  Senator  from  West  Virginia. 

Response  to  the  Address  of  Welcome 

Mrs.  Jacksie  Daniel  Thrash,  Chairman  of  Tablet  Com- 
mittee, U.  D.  C. 

Life  and  Character  of  General  James  Johnston  Pettigrew 

Hon.  Walter  Clark  (2d  Lieutenant  and  Drill  Master  in 
22d  Regiment,  N.  C.  Troops,  Col.  J.  Johnston  Petti- 
grew ;  Major  and  Lieutenant-Colonel,  70th  Regiment, 
N.  C.  Troops),  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  North  Carolina. 

Personal  Recollections  of  General  James  Johnston  Pettigrew 
General  Louis  G.  Young  (Captain  on  General  Pettigrew's 
staff). 


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GENERAL,  INFORMATION 


BELLE  GROVE  HOUSE 


The  Belle  Grove  House,  at  Middletown,  Va.,  where  the  Ram- 
seur  memorial  will  be  dedicated,  is  12  miles  south  of  Winches- 
ter. The  exercises  there  will  be  held  at  4  o'clock  on  the  after- 
noon of  Thursday,  September  lGth. 


BOYD    HOUSE 


The  Boyd  House,  at  Bunker  Hill,  W.  Va.,  where  the  Pettigrew 
memorial  will  be  dedicated,  is  12  miles  north  of  Winchester. 
The  exercises  there  will  be  held  at  11  o'clock,  Friday  morning, 
September  17th. 


CONVEYANCES 


Conveyances  to  both  places  will  be  provided  by  the  Committee 
of  Arrangements  at  Winchester  for  all  those  from  North  Caro- 
lina who  give  previous  notice  of  their  intention  to  attend.  Such 
notice  should  be  sent  to  Mr.  R.  D.  W.  Connor,  Raleigh,  N.  C, 
by  September  10th. 


HOTELS 


Hotels  at  Winchester,  with  their  rates,  are :  Hotel  Jack, 
American  plan,  $4.25  to  .$5.00  per  day ;  Hotel  Evans,  European 
plan,  $1.50  and  up  per  day.  Visitors  should  make  their  hotel 
arrangements  directly  with   the  hotel  managements. 


RAILROAD    SCHEDULES 


Persons  going  from  North  Carolina  will  find  the  route  via 
Washington  and  Harper's  Ferry  the  most  convenient  route  to 
take  to  Winchester.  Schedules  between  Washington  and  Win- 
chester are  as  follows,  over  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  : 


Lv.  Washington  Ar.  Winchester 
9  :20  a.m.  12  :22  p.m. 

1 :35  p.m.  6 :02  p.m. 

6  :40  p.m.  9 :00  p.m. 

RETURNING 

Lv.  Winchester  Ar.  Washington 

6 .05  a.m.  9  :00  a.m. 

12  :45  p.m.  4  :40  p.m. 

6  :02  p.m.  10  :25  p.m. 

Those  going  from  North  Carolina  can  reach  Washington  over 
the  Seaboard  Air  Line,  the  Atlantic  Coast  Line,  and  the  South- 
ern Railway,  and  the  boats  from  Norfolk.  They  should  leave 
Washington  at  9  :20  a.m. :  to  catch  this  train  they  will  have  to 
spend  the  previous  night  in  Washington. 


DEATH  OF  GENERAL  RAMSEUR 

After  the  battle  of  Second  Cold  Harbor,  June  3,  1864,  General 
Lee  placed  the  divisions  of  Ramseur,  Rodes,  and  Gordon  under 
the  command  of  General  Early,  and  despatched  them  to  the 
Valley  of  Virginia.  They  took  part  in  all  the  fighting  of  Early's 
famous  Valley  Campaign  during  the  summer  and  autumn  of 
1864.  On  October  19th  Early  attacked  the  Federal  Army  at 
Cedar  Creek,  near  Winchester,  Va.,  and  the  Federal  Army  was 
saved  from  a  rout  only  by  the  timely  arrival  of  General  Sheri- 
dan, who  was  at  Winchester  when  the  battle  began.  Major- 
General  Ramseur,  in  holding  his  line,  was  mortally  wounded 
and  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  He  was  taken  to  General 
Sheridan's  headquarters,  at  the  Belle  Grove  House,  near  Win- 
chester, Va.,  where  he  received  every  possible  attention  from 
both  his  own  and  the  Federal  surgeons.  He  died  at  the  Belle 
Grove  House,  October  20,  1864. 


DEATH   OF   GENERAL   PETTIGREW 

At  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Brigadier-General  James  John- 
ston Pettigrew  commanded  Heth's  Division  of  the  Confederate 
Army  in  the  battle  of  July  1st,  and  in  the  famous  assault  on 
Cemetery  Ridge  on  July  3d,  in  which  he  was  wounded.  During 
the  retreat,  which  began  on  July  4th,  he  fell  back  with  Long- 
street's  Corps,  of  which  Heth's  Division  formed  a  part,  crossing 
the  Potomac  at  Falling  Waters.  There,  on  July  14th,  the  rear 
guard,  under  Pettigrew's  command,  sustained  an  attack  by  an 
enemy  force  who  had  been  mistaken  for  Confederates,  during 
which  General  Pettigrew  was  mortally  wounded.  He  was  moved 
to  the  Boyd  House,  at  Bunker  Hill.  W.  Va.,  where  he  died  July 
17,  1863. 


RAMSEUR-PETTIGREW  MEMORIAL 

The  two  memorials  marking  the  houses  in  which  Generals 
Ramseur  and  Pettigrew  died  have  been  erected  jointly  by  the 
North  Carolina  Historical  Commission,  the  North  Carolina 
Division  of  Confederate  Veterans,  and  the  North  Carolina  Divis- 
ion, United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  The  columns  which 
support  the  bronze  tablets  are  the  gift  of  the  late  Colonel  P.  H. 
Mayo,  of  Richmond,  Va. 


WINCHESTER    COMMITTEE    OF    ARRANGEMENTS 

Captain  Geobge  W.  Kurtz  Mr.  R.  Powell  Page 

Dr.  W.  P.  McQuire  Mr.  George  B.  Chapman 

Mr.  James  B.  Russell  Mr.  W.  I.  Hicks 

Mr.  Philip  Williams 

RECEPTION  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  U.  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Holmes  Conrad  Mrs.  Frank  Grim 

Miss  Elizabeth  Lupton         Miss  Lucy  Russell 
Miss  Augusta  Conrad  Miss  Lucy  Kurtz 


COMMITTEE  OF  THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  DIVISION, 
U.  C.  V. 

James  I.  Metts,  Chairman 
Julian  S.  Cabr  James  C.  Bibdsong* 

Robert  H.  Ricks*  A.  H.  Boyden 

Bennehan  Cameron 

COMMITTEE  OF  THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  DIVISION, 
IT.  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Jacksie  Daniel  Thrash,  Chairman 


Mrs.  Walter  Woodard 
Mrs.  B.  H.  Griffin 
Mrs.  James  A.  Gray 
Mrs.  H.  A.  London 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Riggin 
Mrs.  T.  W.  Bickett 
Mrs.  Peter  Arrington 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Wiley 
Mrs.  T.  J.  Gold 
Mrs.  Samuel  Fowle 
Mrs.  Alexander  Cooper 
Mrs.  Hablee  Townsend 
Mrs.  Latta  Johnson 
Mrs.  R.  Cobb 


Mbs.  J.  W.  Pless 
Mrs.  E.  C.  Chambers 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Smith 
Mrs.  W.  N.  Everett 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Anderson 
Mrs.  Victor  S.  Bryant 
Mrs.  R.  P.  Holt 
Mrs.  Clem  G.  Wright 
Mrs.  Owen  Guion 
Mrs.  Sidney  Cooper 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Hughes 
Mrs.  Thomas  Lee  Craig 
Mrs.  Annie  Gowan 
Mrs.  Martha  C.  Kepler 


Miss  Lucile  Moore 


*  Dead. 


NORTH  CAROLINA  HISTORICAL  COMMISSION 

J.  Bryan  Grimes,  Chairman 
D.  H.  Hill  T.  M.  Pittman 

M.  C.  S.  Noble  Frank  Wood 

R.  D.  W.  Connor,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Secretary 


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